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[Ryan Harper <ryan.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> one comment on ryan's patch inline
> 
> do  not use .split(" "), here is why:
>  > "a b   c".split()
>  ['a', 'b', 'c']
> 
>  > "a b   c".split(" ")
>  ['a', 'b', '', '', 'c']

I had to hit reply to see how those two strings looked different

Even cut and pasting, something is removing the additional spaces you added:

"a b c".split(" ")

Crazy, but point taken,

>>> "a...b.c".split(".")
['a', '', '', 'b', 'c']


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